On Monday, March 5, 2012 16:20:46 Detlev Casanova wrote: > That widget is based on the currently opened document in an application > which means that
"currently opened" is a bit too specific. selecting files in a file manager would qualify, for instance. selecting a contact in a chat or from an addressbook would too. etc... > 1) the application must be aware of the widget it just needs to advertise its content using KActivities::ResourceInstance. this goes back to the concept of "strong separation of data, mechanism and visualization". the app just says "i've got <foo>" and then who knows what the system does with it ;) note that in a kdelibs branch, we have it working with *any* kpart, without the application needing to think about it. this is also independent of drag and drop which could also be used to trigger SLC. > 2) Sending multiple files is not the aim of the widget there's no reason it can't work on multiple files. > 3) There are some clicks to do to have it done. no more than in your suggestion... > Also, currently, it only exists for Plasma Active but is in fact planned to > be ported to Plasma Desktop. there is no such thing as "exists for Plasma $ShellA, to be ported to $ShellB". the idea of components that work in any shell is probably the most basic, fundamental concept in plasma. so it is unsurprising, then, that i have SLC in my panel on my laptop. no 'porting' needed. we have to get rid of this idea that things are specific to a shell from our head. it is fatally limiting and tempts us to design entire shells around specific features in ways that are unecessary. > A problem I can see with this is that non aware applications wouldn't react > with the widget, that could somehow discourage the user (why does it work > with Gwenview but not with LibreOffice ?) if you stick to drag hover as a trigger, it will work just fine. otherwise, there is very little to be done for non-kde apps. -- Aaron J. Seigo
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